[181] Canaan, 1. i. c. 98. See also H. Kepping, Antiq. Rom. 1. iii. c. 6. [182] Εἴδον τὸν Βαίτυλον διὰ τοῦ δέρος κινούμενον.--DAMASCIUS. Εἴναι τίνα Δαίμονα τὸν κινοῦντα αὐτόν.--ISIDORUS. [183] Τὸν μὲν Ζεὺς στήριξε κατὰ χθονὸς εὐρυοδείης Πυθοὶ ἐν ὴγαθέη, γυάλοις ὑπο Παρνήσοιο, Σἤμ’ ἔμεν ἐξοπίσω, θαῦμα θνητοἴσι βροτοἴσι. HESIOD. _Theo._ 498. [184] Drummond, after laughing at Bochart, says, “But, after all that has been said, the _etymology_ of the word appears to me to be very plain;” and then proceeds to show that “Baitulos” was no more than Jacob’s “Beth-el,” forgetting that the word was Greek, not Hebrew, or, if not forgetting, disposing of the objection as follows: “Those _who would rather_ derive it from the Greek may consult,” &c.--_Origines_, vol. iii. p. 215-435. [185] The ancients have described rocking-stones, but never called them “Baitula.”--See Apoll. Rhod. Argon. l. i.; Pliny, Nat. Hist. vol. ii. c. 28. For some amusing learning on the subject, see Moore’s Hist. of Ireland, vol. i. p. 39-59. See also Dissert. sur les Bætyles, Mém. de l’Académie, vol. vi.; Rem. de l’Abbé Bautier, vol. vii. p. 241. [186] During the Catalonian insurrection of 1834, the name _Patulea_ was given to the insurgents. Whence it has been derived, I have been unable to discover. In Portugal it has recently been adopted. The insurgents were called Patulea, the chiefs _Conocedos_, or “the known.” This return to the “Unknown gods,” of the Greeks, if a mere coincidence, is a curious one. [187] In the course of them I came upon a singular instance of popular memory. I was sitting with a Braber baker of Tangier, on the promontory looking towards Spain, and asking him the names of places, to see if I could identify in their recollections some of the old Iberian names: he directed my attention to a white streak on the coast opposite, and then said, “There is Belon.” The place has disappeared for 1500 years, and no Spaniard knows the name.